Some remarks upon a publication by the Philadelphia Medical Society concerning Swaim's panacea.

  • Swaim, Wm. (William)
Date:
1828
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Credit: Some remarks upon a publication by the Philadelphia Medical Society concerning Swaim's panacea. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 ROM DOCTOR FRANCIS LE BARON, Late U. S. Apothecary General. Havre de Grace, (Md.) .iug. 8th, 1822. • I recommended Joseph Smith, of Havre de Grace, immediately to proceed on and place himself under the care of Mr. Win. Svvaim, of Philadelphia, the person so celebrated for the success of a medicine he makes use of in the cure of Syphilis, and its various incipient, confirmed, and secondary stages, and in most of the mercurial diseases incident to this climate (Smith's being a combi nation of the two last, and more obstinate and inveterate than any 1 had yet met with or heard of). Four years strict discipline from the various sons of Escula- pius had, instead of curing or even relieving the complaint, brought him to ap- pear more like a dried preparation for an anatomical study, than one of the hu- man family alive. A disorganization and dissolution of osseous and soft parts of the organs of speech, and nose, had so far advanced as to occasion sounds, in place of voice, more like the croaking of ravens: he had numerous ulcers on different parts of his body. In this situation ho was conveyed to Philadel- phia with difficulty, and placed under the care of Mr. Swaim, whom I wrote to, stating his case, i In six weeks he returned home to his family well. It has been now two years since, and he still continues well, and in excellent health and spirits; his voice is gradually reassuming somewhat of its wonted sound and modulation, and his person possesses more of the rotundity than ever. (Signed) Fpancis Le Bakon, M. D. 'Mr. Wm. Swiam. From his friend and well-wisher, F. L. B This man remains in perfect health to this day. May, 1827. FROM DOCTOR ALEXANDER M'WILLIAMS, Surgeon of the Washington City Asylum, fyc. fyc. Washington City (D. C.) Aug. 25, 1822 Dear Sir, My engagements having prevented me from giving, at an earlier period, ;i detail of the cases in which I have used your medicine with success in the Asy- lum of this city, I now hasten to give you a short account of them. Early last summer I first heard ofSwaim's Panacea. I obtained permission of the trustees of this institution to try it. The first case in which I used it was Samuel Black, aged 27 years ; he had contracted the venereal disease, and by bad treatment or neglect, he was reduced to a most wretched condition: he had been under the care of several medical gentlemen previous to coming to the Asylum. All the usual remedies wer« tried, with no salutary effect. Nodes now began to make their appearance on the tibia, sternum, scalp, and arms, with large deep ulcers in the throat, attend-